Chen updates cross-strait `guidelines'
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Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Shu Chin-chiang, left, and his predecessor, Huang Chu-wen, right, watch as President Chen Shui-bian, second left, and former president Lee Teng-hui, second right, plant a seedling in a model of Taiwan during the TSU's fourth anniversary celebrations in Taipei yesterday. The ceremony was meant to symbolize that the party has set root in Taiwan and is growing.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Hakka festival celebrates a rich and vibrant culture
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A sculpture of a 'divine pig' sits outside Taipei City Hall, where the annual Taipei Hakka Memorial Ceremony took place yesterday. The sculpture is one of the entries in a divine pig sculpture contest.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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SEF chief says arms are key to stability
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Ketagelan Academy president Lee Hung-hsi, left, yesterday introduces Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung, right, to the academy's students before Chang gave a speech on the outlook for cross-strait relations.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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KMT will retain personnel in key posts before poll
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Chinese Nationalist Party chairman-elect and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, second right, does the thumbs-up sign and shouts ``Kinmen first'' before beginning a bicycle tour as part of a visit to the outlying island yesterday.
PHOTO: WU CHENG-TING, TAIPEI TIMES
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Matsa inundates coastal China
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Security officials evacuate animals from a zoo in Wenling, Zhejiang Province, yesterday in fear of flooding as Typhoon Matsa pounded the coast of eastern China.
PHOTO: AFP
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Japan remembers Hiroshima
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People stage a die-in in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, yesterday. Hiroshima marked the 60th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack that devastated their city.
PHOTO: AP
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Muslim council's edicts chastised
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Indonesian Muslims pray at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, last month. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation and has been the victim of three bloody attacks by Islamic militants since 2002.
PHOTO: AP
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Israeli attack rooted in official policy: leaders
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Friends and family of Hazar and Dina Turki, two Israeli Arab girls who were killed in a bus shooting, mourn during their funeral procession in the northern Israeli town of Shfaram on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Marilyn Monroe secrets revealed
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A visitor views late Andy Warhol's painting dedicated to US actress Marilyn Monroe at an exhibition at the Palacio Provincial's gallery in Cadiz, Spain, on Thursday. Friday marked the 43rd anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death.
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Terror fills the identity gap
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Baidu mesmerizes Wall Street
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In this photo provided by NASDAQ, Baidu.com chief executive Robin Li presides over the close of trading on the NASDAQ in New York on Friday. He is joined by NASDAQ's director of the Asia-Pacific region Lawrence Pan, far left, Li's wife, Melissa, third from left, NASDAQ's senior managing director of sales for the Asian region Stuart Patterson, second from right, and Baidu.com co-founder Eric Xu, far right.
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A reader fails to find jewels in the heart of the lotus
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The Art of Happiness at Work
By The Dalai Lama and Howard Culture
212 pages
Hodder Mobius
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Lost in her song
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Dai Yichen first wanted to be a model but has now set her sights on becoming a Broadway dancer.
PHOTOS: NY TIMES
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Cloned dog heightens fear of human cloning
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Snuppy, right, the first male dog cloned from adult cells by somatic nuclear cell transfer, and a male Afghan hound from which an adult skin cell was taken to clone Snuppy.
PHOTO: AFP
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A classic rock star revealed
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"Mozart in the Jungle: Sex Drugs and Classical Music"
By Blair Tingall
318 pages
Atlantic Monthly Press
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World championships begin in Finland
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From left, Holland's Karin Ruckstuhl, Ghana's Margaret Simpson, Sweden's Carolina Kluft, Britain's Kelly Sotherton, France's Eunice Barber and the US' Hyleas Fountain during the 100m hurldes heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, yesterday.
PHOTO: AFP
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NY Yankees win despite controversy
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Rangers catcher Rod Barajas goes into the stands after a foul ball hit by Javy Lopez of the Orioles during the first inning in Arlington, Texas, Friday. Barajas made the catch.
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NCAA mascot rule stings Florida St.
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This undated photo shows Florida State mascot Chief Osceola at a basketball game in Tallahassee, Florida. The NCAA on Friday banned the use of Native American mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments.
PHOTO: AP
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